| 单词 | cannon curl |
| 释义 | > as lemmascannon curl In full cannon curl. A cylindrical and usually horizontal curl in the hair or in a wig, resembling either a cannon or the canions worn around the knees between stockings and breeches (see canion n.). Chiefly in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > curl > [noun] feak1548 lovelock1592 crisple1594 curl1604 cockle1608 crisp1638 ringlet1645 cockera1653 heartbreaker1654 moustache1662 confidenta1685 cruchea1685 passagerea1685 favourite1690 wimpler1724 cannon1774 whisker1786 favori1801 curlet1803 tendril1814 sausage curl1828 spit-curl1831 crimp1855 curdle1860 number sices1861 whiskerette1880 1774 Westm. Mag. Feb. 93/1 The fop admire his essenc'd face, Or pleas'd, compose his cannon curl. c1800 Mem. Mary Somerville (1873) iii. 41 He wore a powdered wig, with cannons at the ears, and a pigtail. 1858 ‘G. Eliot’ Janet's Repentance ii, in Scenes Clerical Life II. 63 Old Lawyer Pittman's daughters, with cannon curls surmounted by large hats. 1890 Standard 5 Apr. Good Queen Adelaide caps were ironed and pleated to rest on the ‘cannon’ curls. 1920 Country Life 10 Apr. 486/2 Her hair was snow-white, in thick cannon-curls round a square forehead. 2008 F. Howley Slavers, Traders & Privateers v. 107 Many had plaited their hair at the back, while nearly all wore short powdered wigs with cannon curls at the back and sides. < as lemmas |
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